Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery 12 Minutes to Destiny Raspberry Hibiscus Lager

Located in a particularly shady district of Milky Way, the Universe, Infinity; Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery has a strong history of producing surprisingly good beer.

Tasting an awful lot like raspberries and an awful little like beer; I fear the Monkeys have descended into the brewing abyss of trying to make something a millennial might drink.

Disappointed. But not to worry Monkeys, I still love you maniacs.

Perhaps as a change up during a long, hot summer day of drinking beer outdoors or while looking for a dimpled white ball. It's not likely to offend, but neither is it likely to impress.

62/100

Left Field Brewery Greenwood IPA

I have heard good things about these folks. Another micro from the international hotbed of craft brewing of Ontario, Canada. Seriously ladies and gentlemen, beer tours in Ontario should really be an international attraction. The beer itself is luxuriously cloudy with a gorgeous thick foam head of bold white.

If you are an IPA fan pull up a stool and welcome to the family. This stuff is lovely. Everything about Greenwood reminds me of a milkshake for some reason. Marvellous citrus hops plated atop a creamy smoothness that is just gorgeous. Imagine if you will a beer that is trying its best to be a milkshake but is simply too powerful and beautifully a beer to really be anything but.

Fabulous stuff. Thanks Jarrett.

98/100

Verhaeghe Vichte Duchesse De Bourgogne

Another beautiful Belgian. Deep copper. Delightfully sour Flemish vapors.

Crikey Moses!

An entirely unexpected mouthful of fresh ripe berries and sour, but not too sour, cherries. Pardon my schoolyard French but fuck me this is brilliant. The dour Flemish parlour maid (or duchess perhaps) with the the crow is a cunning distraction that might well keep the curious beer drinker at bay. Despite containing no fruit, the berries seduce the palate. Despite containing hops only the most discerning drinker would spot it.

If you see a bottle of Duchess; buy, borrow or steal it. It is worth it.

That is all.

100/100